Most of these facts are attributed to www.iowastatefair.org unless otherwise cited. 1. D) The first Iowa State Fair was held in Fairfield in 1854 before eventually moving to its present location at East 30th and East University in 1886. 2. D) Iowa State Fair attendance first topped the one million
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August 12, 2013 by justin
in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – A $280,000 taxpayer-funded probe into voter fraud in Iowa has yet to produce a conviction after more than a year, although 13 individuals have been charged, according to the Iowa Secretary of State’s office. With the $99,000 that has been spent during the first, Iowa taxpayers have
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August 09, 2013 by justin
in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – The former leader of the Des Moines School Board misled the public multiple times about former Superintendent Nancy Sebring’s departure and the circumstances surrounding it, according to court documents and district emails obtained by Iowa Watchdog. These include board member Teree Caldwell-Johnson’s account of Sebring’s resignation and
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August 07, 2013 by justin
in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – A former health policy adviser to Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley who still has ties to the senator’s office is one of the targets of a federal investigation, according to Jill Gerber, a Grassley spokeswoman. Mark Hayes, now a lobbyist and shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, is allegedly
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August 07, 2013 by justin
in Food Dude
Iowa has played a major role in loose meat sandwich history. Sioux City’s Ye Old Tavern (now Gus’s Family Restaurant) and Muscatine’s Maid-Rite both claim to have invented them in the 1920s. (So does a place in Montana.) Ottumwa’s Canteen in the Alley diner, which has specialized in loose meat
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August 07, 2013 by justin
in Cover Story
Ah, the fair. It’s that magically stereotypical time of year that exemplifies the best and silliest things about being Iowan: the butter cow; every imaginable kind of food (and several it would have never occurred to you to think of) on a stick; the oppressive August heat, which may just
Read More →Hugh Laurie “Didn’t it Rain” Warner Bros. Yeah, that Hugh Laurie always has been pretty up front about his musical leanings and has been involved in several musical projects, the most notable of which was the group Band From TV, and his current work with The Copper Bottom Band. Laurie
Read More →Hey, did you know there’s a fair in town this week? True story. And while, statistically speaking, every person in the state will head through the Iowa State Fair’s turnstiles at least once in the next 11 days, there is still plenty of non-fair related things happening to keep you
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